How to Get Better Sleep in Perimenopause and Menopause 

Please eat 2 kiwis an hour before bed. They are full of serotonin and are actually helping me sleep through the night. I saw this on a documentary. Keep eating every night. God supplies us with all that we need. Blessings.

Here at 4:26 AM after waking at 2 (with Friday bedtime of midnight). Two other nights this week up at 4. I only drink two cups of coffee a day. I am an educator on Zoom a lot, and I have a feeling that bright lights and digital everything are not helping matters.

Love having you as a resource. You are smart, straightforward, and respectable. I am 47 and recently started having some hot flushes at night, and some during the day. I have had to change what I wear for pj's now, because of the sudden increase in heat during the night. It is very disruptive to feel like your body is under a heat lamp all of a sudden, and then try to cool down, and fall back asleep. It has taken a couple weeks to figure this out, but it makes a difference. The anxiety just started now too! never had it before, and this has been tough to manage. I feel like someone else, and I feel down much more frequently now too. I am doing deep breathing daily, and I do already follow a very healthy lifestyle. Thank-you for doing these videos, we need you!

I don’t have a problem falling asleep at night but staying asleep, once I wake up, whether it be midnight or at 2am, I’m wide awake.

Thank you so much Doctor ...GODbless!

Thank you!!! ❤

Thank you❤

It’s 4am and I can’t sleep I’m so hot came across your video thks for your help.

thnk you &godbless doc😊

Started menopause in 2009 and sleep has gone downhill and gotten worse - not better- over the years- have tried every single natural remedy over the years / have excellent sleep hygiene and still have sleep problems. .once again am up at 4 am ( naturally can’t get back to sleep) and will yell at anyone in my way today - I’ll break things out of frustration and exhaustion as I push myself through another day- I’ll end up feeling tremendous guilt and I’ll cry in the shower. My brilliant dr told me it can’t be hormonal since I’m past menopause and there are no fluctuations now. I wanted to order a saliva test to see what’s going on but I can’t in my state without a drs script. She wants me to use sleeping pills . I’ve said again and again that these cause me to just feel sluggish and depressed. I just joined your FB group and am hoping for some type of guidance .

Thank you. I have bp1 and anxiety and I'm almost 53. Going thru perimenopause has been some days and nights especially hard to fall asleep. Appreciate the video.

Thank you doctor I will get back with you this evening I appreciate it

I'm perimenopause I went through a period where I couldn't fall asleep, stay asleep. I would end up dreading wanting to go to bed because of the thought of not getting any sleep and I would toss and turn and my anxiety went up and out the roof. Long story short I ended up passing out and cracking my head open because I couldn't remember the last time I'd slept. Know 2 years later im back to being able to sleep but not stay asleep. I'm going to buy some Magnesium like you surgested thank you Dr Garrett

im having one now...god help me. 52yrs. ill try ur advice. thx

Hi. Im 44 with one tube and ovary. Lately, i feel im changing but cant pin point it. I get hot out of nowhere, toss and turn etc. What test do I ask for from my IM or GYN if it is menopause-So they dont think "its just in my mind"?

I have a problem to staying asleep! I woke up 3am can’t go back to sleep I’m in post menopause!! I’ve tried several of supplements and nothing works ! Only sleeping pills anti anxiety pills but I’ve red they can damage the body and brain ! I need some help plesse thank you 😊

My teacher was diagnosed with breast cancer shorly after starting HRT. She died. Age 53.

I’m in perimenopause suffering horrible from insomnia, sometimes for days and then I’ll have weird palpitations like a flip flop sensation in the chest, and the migraines are pretty bad too!!! Please tell me at some point post menopausal I will go back to being somewhat normal again 😩

Hello Dr. Garrett, I'm just turning 58 soon, and am about two years post menopausal, and am just starting to have awful insomnia, getting 2 or 3 hrs sleep, wake up in in the middle of the night, and not being able to fall back asleep. It's affecting me in a very negative way. Would love to hear from youn, as I am afraid of cancer from supplementing with estrogen, thank you in advance~

Yes im glad to say 2 weeks of taking Magnesium and even though I wake up for a tiddle I go straight to sleep afterwards and I sleep like a baby. 6/7 hrs I get know. Thank you Dr Garrett

My sleep problems varry. I fall asleep and feel good at 5 a.m. but its not all the time. Just during realy stressfull times.

Where to for hormones check?

I cannot sleep post menopausal, no bioidentical doctors near......conventional doctor only wants to prescribe premarin.... Can u help how to balance estrogen and progesterone naturally...thanks

Hello Dr. Garett, A great clip! Regarding vitamin B6, Kava, Valerian or Adaptogenic herbs when are they being taken? Together before bed with Magnesiumglycenate Thank you!

Mine comes and goes with the seasons. Last spring and summer it was aweful and then it went away for a while, now it's definitely back. Sleep is about every other night, sometimes two nights. I'm going to up my magnesium tony and see how that goes~ I'll let you know

I do all the sleep hygiene things, I take magnesium, I do everything I can to sleep and still wake up up at 2:00. Help!!

Hi dr , vitamin b complex is okay ?

Good morning how r u I’m 37 and I missed my period since three month I’m not pregnant and I feel my stomach bloated and I’ve insémina and I had one day urine urge

Please I need a consultation please tell me how

Pls is there a cream estegron and shall I get my period

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I am on the hormone pellets so my estrogen and testosterone are fine, plus I take progesterone capsules. I fall asleep and sleep most of the night-sometimes wake up around 4 and fall back asleep. But I still feel tired like I didn’t get any sleep.

I really need your help desperately I have to solve the situation I've been so extremely tired I'm very athletic and now I don't even feel like doing anything please help me

I fall asleep fine but wake up between 3 and 5 hours later and then wake up every hour. Some nights are worse than others. I'm 49. I also have hot flashes, during the night and day. I have a powder form of Magnesium but it's citrate. How is that different from the one you mention? The insomnia is tough. The hot flashes are only a little uncomfortable.

I fall into a poor category that is not much understood. I am in my 30s but I have surgical menopause as my ovaries and uterus were removed. Nothing is helping me sleep. I am lucky if I sleep 2hrs before waking up. I was given birthcontrol pills for hormone replacement... things are not well.

Hello Dr. Garrette, I am taking Magnesium glycinate as per your advice and it is working very well. Thanks a lot. But can I continue this for ever ? Or stop it after a while and see how I sleep? Please advise as I am not sure if it is ok to take this supplement for longer duration. Thanks

Menopause already ,having a menopause and insomia

Great video. What type of magnesium glycinate 400mg do you take? Thank you

I smoke a joint and have the best sleep. Cannabis has saved my life on more than one occasion.

I need help, and I would like to talk to you,

If I get magesuim pls does it make u fatter

I thinki may take my own life if I can't find a solution in the next couple of months....people give me a lot of stress, work, home....everyday....I walk into a battlefield. .

I don't get hot flash but my sleep is gone...

I am in menopause dysphoria disorder. I am desperate for help. I have tried everything but didn’t gain weight I lost it. I am not employable because this has disabled me and I worked my whole life and exercised 45 years. I have tried all but not hormone replacement because I am not a candidate. I have taken magnesium for 18 yrs. I am allergic to progesterone caused me hyper activity. Got any pointers for me? I do many things you didn’t mention I found have helped. But the symptoms keep switching on me. I had morning sickness for 6 months and was so sick now the night sweats are back with a VENGENCE. I am 58 and only in menopause 2 years I was a late bloomer. I am so frickin desperate I will give a limb to get rid of this. Peri was suicidal for me and I was scared to death. I am super healthy, don’t drink. I do have anxiety bad and live in Hawaii with no air conditioner. God help me.

I don’t like pills maybe I’ll get fatter